Alberta could become the first province in Canada to allow some private sector participation in the sale of recreational cannabis when it unveils its retail framework next week, a move that would make it a haven for marijuana entrepreneurs.
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A pair of former San Jose city employees has launched the Silicon Valley Cannabis Alliance, a trade group that will serve marijuana businesses in Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Benito counties.
The group also plans to have a political action committee …
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A Wisconsin legislative committee is set to vote on a bill this week that would allow farmers in the state to grow hemp and join surrounding states with hemp laws.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism is scheduled to vote on …
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By Eli McVey
Over 40% of cannabis business owners are planning to take their companies into a new market within the next year, according to a Marijuana Business Daily survey.
Of the business owners intending to expand, the vast majority have identified…
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Virginia is looking to boost its small hemp program next year to compete with larger producers of the plant such as North Carolina and Kentucky.
Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Basil I. Gooden wrote in an op-ed in The Roanoke Times that hemp’s …
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The Michigan agency responsible for developing medical marijuana industry rules on Thursday released more information about how hopeful business licensees can obtain a state permit for the upcoming regulated MMJ market.
The Michigan Department of Licen…
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Despite falling cannabis prices and other U.S. states legalizing recreational marijuana, it took Colorado just eight months to reach $1 billion in retail MJ sales in 2017 – a record clip for the state.
In 2016, by contrast, it took Colorado 10 mo…
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By John Schroyer, Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey
California’s wildfires could adversely affect marijuana crops, Maryland’s MMJ commission is taken to court, and Arkansas accountants get permission to serve cannabis firms.
Here’s a closer …
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Less than a year after Organigram had its organic certification suspended following a product recall, the Moncton, N.B.-based company started the process to be recertified as an organic producer of medical cannabis.
Organigram said in a news release it…
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Canopy Growth has formed a joint venture with a greenhouse operator to develop a 1.3-million-square-foot marijuana greenhouse in British Columbia.
The agreement, announced in a news release, nearly doubles the Ontario company’s total greenhouse a…
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